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Poster Design
Below left is a mixed media poster I created, displaying a few of my favourite objects and prints at the Victoria and Albert museum, London.
I found that many of the objects I liked were curvy in shape and had a 1970s aesthetic so I decided to give my poster a 70s feel. Each piece and it’s respective artist is listed horizontally and vertically to the drawing.
I found that many of the objects I liked were curvy in shape and had a 1970s aesthetic so I decided to give my poster a 70s feel. Each piece and it’s respective artist is listed horizontally and vertically to the drawing.
Below right is a poster I designed and created for a Professional Practice lecture by Luke Best. Luke spoke avidly about his practice and his collaborative work as part of the Peepshow Collective. He also discussed his ambitions of becoming an astronaut as a child.
Print for Magazine
Here is my recreation of a typical 1950s washing machine print advertisement. As part of my final project at university, I investigated the social norms of the 1950s period in Britain. What I found most uncomfortable was how women were given little or no responsibility in society. They were primarily treated as housewife and home maker and were allowed little freedom or pleasure of their own.
In response to this I created a subversive newspaper ad for a vibrator sex toy, disguised using tradtional 1950s design as a washing machine advertisement. On the following page are two more print designs I created, one for the Kenwood Megamixer and one for Savlon hand cream.
In response to this I created a subversive newspaper ad for a vibrator sex toy, disguised using tradtional 1950s design as a washing machine advertisement. On the following page are two more print designs I created, one for the Kenwood Megamixer and one for Savlon hand cream.
Social Networking IG
As part of a project on the advancement of social networking I created a series of digital images. Each image contains a symbol that represents the past, for instance a soldier during wartime or a WW1 nurse riding a bicycle. Half tone is used, making the figures difficult to distinguish. The figures are floating, situated in a glitchy digital enviroment. The composition represents how traditional methods of communication are disappearing as technology advances.
It's Nice That
As part of the It's Nice Project, we were asked to produce something for the public. I decided to create a series of vinyl stickers to post on bus stops, lamp posts and bins. These posters are bright and bold, grabbing the attention of the public at points of regular contact. On them their are positive and uplifting reminders of how to make their day a better one.
NARRATIVE
Book Project
Here are a small series of pencil drawings for the character of Mae mouse in my children’s book The Woodland Mouse and the Grizzly Bear. I drew these three drawings during the character design process and they later featured in my finished book. I also hand wrote all the narrative for my book.
Woodland Mouse and the Grizzly Bear
It was an early Spring evening and Mae mouse had finally awakened from her sleep. Mae was no ordinary mouse, she was a woodland jumping mouse and she was the bravest of them all.
Down through the grasslands she leaped, through the ferns and shrubs. Up above in the dew covered conifers, a bobcat stalked.
It was not long before she reached a muddy swamp. But she did not panic, for she was a fearless mouse. Instead, she hopped right in and swam through the dirty waters. Perfectly camouflaged in a dense thicket, a horned screech owl looked on.
Just as she began to continue her adventure through the forest, ‘Snap!’.
“What was that?” thought the brave little mouse, “probably just a rattlesnake”.
All you need do is stand up tall and take one step at a time. Before you know it you will have crossed the river.”
But to her surprise when she turned around, across the marshland sat a weeping bear. Mae mouse admired the bear’s beautiful brown fur with it’s silvery tips.
“Hello brown bear, what is your name?”
“My name is Basil bear and I am no ordinary bear. I am a grizzly bear.”
“Why are you weeping Basil bear? Mae mouse asked softly.
The grizzly bear grunted sadly, “I cannot cross the marshland brave little mouse, I am frightened of the water.”
Basil scratched his head on a nearby rock and asked, “But, how did you do it? You are only a small little thing after all.”
“It’s easy. Don’t worry Basil bear, I can help you. All you need do is believe in yourself.”
“Don’t be silly Mae mouse, I am a grizzly bear. I cannot be seen to accept help from a small woodland mouse such as you. I would be laughed at by all the creatures of this forest.”
Mae mouse grinned and chuckled and then said loudly, “Now you don’t be silly! You are capable of more than you think.
All you need do is stand up tall and take one step at a time. Before you know it you will have crossed the river.”
With that, Basil bear stood and slowly made his journey across the muddy waters. Mae mouse squeaked and jumped with joy and in doing so she tripped over a nearby huckleberry bush.
Basil bear stood proudly on the riverbank and shook the dirty water from his fur.
But then, suddenly he heard a familiar low growl and in an instant a grey wolf launched itself out of it’s burrow towards Mae mouse!
“I won’t let you hurt my friend,” snarled grizzly bear, “she taught me that I can be brave too!”
And with that, Basil bear fought the grey wolf through the overgrowth and chased him whimpering into the forest beyond.
The woodland mouse turned to the grizzly bear and said, “Thank you Basil, you have saved my life!”
“No, thank you!” said the grizzly bear, “Without you I would never have realised that I could brave enough to face my fears. Dear friend, I was foolish to shy away from your help when I met you at the river. Despite your size and strength you have shown me that we are both capable of anything when we put our mind to it.”
Down through the grasslands she leaped, through the ferns and shrubs. Up above in the dew covered conifers, a bobcat stalked.
It was not long before she reached a muddy swamp. But she did not panic, for she was a fearless mouse. Instead, she hopped right in and swam through the dirty waters. Perfectly camouflaged in a dense thicket, a horned screech owl looked on.
Just as she began to continue her adventure through the forest, ‘Snap!’.
“What was that?” thought the brave little mouse, “probably just a rattlesnake”.
All you need do is stand up tall and take one step at a time. Before you know it you will have crossed the river.”
But to her surprise when she turned around, across the marshland sat a weeping bear. Mae mouse admired the bear’s beautiful brown fur with it’s silvery tips.
“Hello brown bear, what is your name?”
“My name is Basil bear and I am no ordinary bear. I am a grizzly bear.”
“Why are you weeping Basil bear? Mae mouse asked softly.
The grizzly bear grunted sadly, “I cannot cross the marshland brave little mouse, I am frightened of the water.”
Basil scratched his head on a nearby rock and asked, “But, how did you do it? You are only a small little thing after all.”
“It’s easy. Don’t worry Basil bear, I can help you. All you need do is believe in yourself.”
“Don’t be silly Mae mouse, I am a grizzly bear. I cannot be seen to accept help from a small woodland mouse such as you. I would be laughed at by all the creatures of this forest.”
Mae mouse grinned and chuckled and then said loudly, “Now you don’t be silly! You are capable of more than you think.
All you need do is stand up tall and take one step at a time. Before you know it you will have crossed the river.”
With that, Basil bear stood and slowly made his journey across the muddy waters. Mae mouse squeaked and jumped with joy and in doing so she tripped over a nearby huckleberry bush.
Basil bear stood proudly on the riverbank and shook the dirty water from his fur.
But then, suddenly he heard a familiar low growl and in an instant a grey wolf launched itself out of it’s burrow towards Mae mouse!
“I won’t let you hurt my friend,” snarled grizzly bear, “she taught me that I can be brave too!”
And with that, Basil bear fought the grey wolf through the overgrowth and chased him whimpering into the forest beyond.
The woodland mouse turned to the grizzly bear and said, “Thank you Basil, you have saved my life!”
“No, thank you!” said the grizzly bear, “Without you I would never have realised that I could brave enough to face my fears. Dear friend, I was foolish to shy away from your help when I met you at the river. Despite your size and strength you have shown me that we are both capable of anything when we put our mind to it.”